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Shatzkin, McCarthy launch new digital marketing business 

Wednesday, 9 April 2014
In the US, publishing consultant Mike Shatzkin and digital marketer Peter McCarthy have launched a new digital marketing business for publishers and authors, The Logical Marketing Agency. According to the...

In brief 

Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Mitchell Library petition attracts over 9000 signaturesAn online petition protesting changes to the Mitchell Library at the State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has attracted over 9000 signatures. As previously reported...

CBCA Awards 2014 shortlists announced 

Wednesday, 9 April 2014
As reported in a Books+Publishing special bulletin, the shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in...

International Library News 

Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Four libraries to reopen in NewcastleIn the UK, four libraries in Newcastle, England, are set to reopen, reports the Bookseller. In early March, Newcastle City Council approved a plan to...

Quote of the week 

Wednesday, 9 April 2014
‘You’ve managed to completely remove romance from the festival’—romance reader and reviewer Gabby bemoans the lack of romance programming in the 2014 Sydney Writers’ Festival in an open letter to the festival

Gwyn Jones signs ‘nonfiction novel’ for Scribe UK 

Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Scribe UK editor-at-large Philip Gwyn Jones has signed his first deal for the publisher: a ‘nonfiction novel’ based on the life of killer Raoul Moat by journalist Andrew Hankinson. The Bookseller...

Apple appeals for stay in ebook pricing case 

Tuesday, 8 April 2014
In the US, lawyers for Apple have appealed for a stay of all proceedings in Apple’s ebook pricing case, reports Publishers Weekly. Apple’s lawyers have petitioned judge Denise Cote for...

Matthew Reilly novella published as serialised ebook

Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Pan Macmillan’s digital-only imprint Momentum is publishing Matthew Reilly’s latest novella as a serialised ebook.The first episode of Troll Mountain, a quest story set in the ‘kingdom of the trolls’,...

NZ Post Children’s Book Awards 2014 finalists announced

Tuesday, 8 April 2014
The finalists for the 2014 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are:Picture Books Machines and Me: Boats (Catherine Foreman, Scholastic NZ)...

Gough wins ‘Overland’ poetry prize 2013 

Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Myles Gough has won the 2013 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets for his poem ‘Topography’. Gough was announced as the winner of the prize, which is worth...

Frankfurt Book Fair launches business club ticket 

Tuesday, 8 April 2014
The Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) has launched a business club ticket with extra services at the fair. The ticket, which is available for either single-day or week-long entry, offers ‘business breakfasts’ for...

Adam Johnson wins world’s richest short story prize 

Monday, 7 April 2014
In the UK, US author Adam Johnson has won the Sunday Times Short Story Prize—the world’s richest short story prize—worth £30,000 (A$53,570), reports the Guardian. Johnson received the award for...

Hornbeck replaces Sontheimer at ‘Griffith REVIEW’ 

Monday, 7 April 2014
The Griffith REVIEW has announced the appointment of Susan Hornbeck as associate publisher. Hornbeck was previously a publicist at UQP and publicity manager at Scribe Publications. She replaces Erica Sontheimer, who...

Aurealis Award winners announced

Monday, 7 April 2014
The 2013 Aurealis Award winners were announced at a ceremony in Canberra on Saturday 5 April. The winning titles were:Science-fiction novel Lexicon (Max Barry, Hachette)  Fantasy novel A Crucible of...

Catton shortlisted for £25,000 Walter Scott Prize 

Monday, 7 April 2014
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton has been shortlisted for the £25,000 (A$44,630) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for her Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries (Granta).The judges said that selecting...

Bestsellers this week 

Monday, 7 April 2014
James Patterson’s Unlucky 13 (Century) is in first place on the bestsellers chart for the second week running, followed in second place by Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts (Hachette), which is...

CBCA launches ‘Reading Time Online’ 

Monday, 7 April 2014
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has confirmed that its publication Reading Time will not be printed in 2014. Instead, the organisation will launch Reading Time Online. The publication...

‘Life in Outer Space’ wins Ena Noël Award 

Friday, 4 April 2014
Melbourne-based author Melissa Keil has won the 2014 Ena Noël Award, administered by the Australian branch of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), for her YA novel...

SWF program launched 

Friday, 4 April 2014
Booker Prize-winning New Zealand author Eleanor Catton (The Luminaries, Granta), Booker Prize-shortlisted author Emma Donoghue (Room, Picador) and Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan are among the 400-plus guests due to...

Karen Joy Fowler wins 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award 

Friday, 4 April 2014
In the US, Karen Joy Fowler has won the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award for We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Serpent’s Tail), which recognises the best work of fiction published in...

Waterstones Children’s Book Prize winners announced 

Friday, 4 April 2014
Katherine Rundell’s children’s novel Rooftoppers (Faber) has been named the overall winner at this year’s Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, reports the Bookseller. The novel also won the Best Fiction for...

Tamblyn named president at Kobo 

Friday, 4 April 2014
Michael Tamblyn, chief content officer at ebook retailer Kobo, has been named president of the company, reports Publishers Weekly. Tamblyn will take on the role in addition to his current...

Miles Franklin Literary Award 2014 longlist announced

Thursday, 3 April 2014
The longlist for this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced.The longlisted titles are: The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt (Tracy Farr, Fremantle Press) The Narrow Road to...

 

 

 

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